A Study in Scarlet is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by George Pearson and starring James Bragington,[1] making him the first English actor to portray Holmes on film.
[1] It is based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 novel of the same name and is considered to be lost.
[4][5] Ward Lock & Co, original publishers of A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 edition of Beeton's Christmas Annual, had the comprehensive rights to the book.
[1] James Bragington was an employee of Samuelson's company and was cast purely due to his resemblance to Sidney Paget's famous illustrations of Holmes.
[7] Author Alan Barnes theorizes that Bragington may have been the first actor to wear a deerstalker on screen.